Etymology

Springfield

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Today it means: A suburb in Campbell Park parish, City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8638). Full definition →

English field ← Middle English feld ← Old English feld
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The story

  1. Englishspring
  2. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  4. Old Englishfeld
  5. Middle Englishfeld
  6. Englishfield
  7. English todaySpringfield

From spring + field.

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